Senate File 117 remains alive after passing one chamber of
the Iowa Legislature. The bill is currently in the Human
Resources Committee. View the amendment. See sample email
below. The amendment addresses the following:


1. Bicyclists must obey signs and signals.

2. When passing a bicycle, a motorist must maintain 5' of
distance from the bicyclist.

3. Vulnerable users is defined as:
As used in this section, the term “vulnerable user of a
highway” means any of the following persons using a highway,
including a crosswalk, the roadway, or the shoulder adjacent
to the roadway:
a. A pedestrian.
b. A person riding an animal.
c. A person operating a farm tractor or implement of
husbandry without an enclosed shell.
d. A person on a skateboard.
e. A person using in-line skates or roller skates.
f. A highway worker.
g. A person on an electric scooter.
h. A person on a bicycle.

4. A person operating a motor vehicle shall not steer the
motor vehicle, in a careless or imprudent manner,
unnecessarily close to or toward a vulnerable user of a highway.

5. A person shall not knowingly project any object or
substance at or against a vulnerable user of a highway.


Please contact the following members of the House Human
Resources Committee. Please tell them to support the
amended Bike Safety and Responsibility Bill.

BIKE BILL NEEDS YOUR HELP!

The Iowa Bicycle Coalition and its partners are pushing for
the amendment and passage of the Bicycle Safety Bill, Senate
File 117.

Our first step this legislative session is approval by the
full House Human Resources Committee.
Please contact the members of the House Human Resources
Committee (listed below) TODAY and ask them to:
*Support the updated bicycle safety bill.
*SF 117 with it proposed amendment is fair to both
bicyclists and motorists.

Committee Members:
Rep. Mark Smith (mark.smith@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Deb Berry (deborah.berry@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Linda Miller (linda.miller@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Ako Abdul-Samad (ako.abdul-samad@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Dwayne Alons (dwayne.alons@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Clel Baudler (clel.baudler@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Greg Forristal (greg.forristall@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Dave Heaton (dave.heaton@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Lisa Heddens (lisa.heddens@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Bruce Hunter (bruce.hunter@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Kevin Koester (kevin.koester@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Mary Mascher (mary.mascher@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Tyler Olson (tyler.olson@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Janet Petersen (janet.petersen@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Renee Schulte (renee.schulte@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Chuck Soderberg (chuck.soderberg@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Sharon Steckman (sharon.steckman@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Phyllis Thede (phyllis.thede@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Linda Upmeyer (linda.upmeyer@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Roger Wendt (roger.wendt@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Beth Wessel-Krieschell
(beth.wessel-kroeschell@legis.state.ia.us)

SAMPLE EMAIL

Dear Representative NAME,

Please support the amended SF 117, the Bike Safety and
Responsibility Bill. The bill is fair to both bicyclists
and motorist.

The required passing distance could save lives. The
dangerous behavior towards vulnerable highway users should
not be tolerated in Iowa.


Sincerely,

YOUR NAME